ABSTRACT

If technology is a fashion, then the latest trend in hardware may be less is more. Hardware is diminishing and I predict it will eventually disappear completely, at least to the naked eye. I recently found an old photo of my home office and it reminded me just how complicated my computer used to be. My main workstation was a large desktop CPU with two bulky 21-inch CRT monitors, a keyboard, a mouse, a 12-inch graphics tablet, external hard drives and a twisted nest of cables and wires.